
Birthday:
01-04-1970
(55 years)
Birthplace:
Cheongju, North Chungcheong, South Korea
Biography
Yoo Hai-jin (born January 4, 1970) is a South Korean actor.
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The Warrior
Act like Du-chung
event2001 star_border 7
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In 1375, China was in chaos between Yuan Dynasty and Ming Dynasty. Coryo (an ancient kingdom of Korea then) sent a delegation of many diplomats, soldiers and a silent slave to make peace with the new Chinese government. However, this delegation got charged as spies and sent in exile to a remote desert.
Hostage: Missing Celebrity
Act like Self (cameo)
event2021 star_border 6.9
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A box office star has to prove his action credentials in the real world when he's kidnapped and held for ransom.
Big Deal
Act like Pyo Jong-Rok
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In 1997, when the Asian financial crisis hit Korea, Gukbo, the number one Soju company is on the brink of bankruptcy. In the high-stakes market of M&A, In-beom, a young ambitious associate at global investment firm Solquin, heads back home to take Gukbo as his first target. Hiding his greediness, In-beom approaches Jong-rok, an executive loyal to Gukbo, as an innocent consultant aiming to rehabilitate Gukbo.
Public Enemy
Act like Yong-man
event2002 star_border 7.2
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A notorious dirty cop makes an honest attempt to catch a serial killer who even murdered his own parents.
Woochi: The Demon Slayer
Act like Chorangyi
event2009 star_border 6.8
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Spanning four centuries in Korea, this epic action-adventure concerns a powerful pipe and a trio of wizards who will do anything to protect it.
The Unjust
Act like Jang Seok-gu
event2010 star_border 6.5
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An honest cop has to compromise with his principles when he is told to find a scapegoat for a high-profile serial killer case in exchange for a big promotion.
Tazza: The High Rollers
Act like Ko Gwang-ryeol
event2006 star_border 6.9
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Go-ni tries his best to worship Pyung Gyung-jang as his teacher, and promises to stop gambling after winning his money back. But people's desires are endless.
The King and the Clown
Act like Yuk-gab
event2005 star_border 7
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Set in the late 15th century during the reign of King Yeonsan, two male street clowns and tightrope walkers, Jangsaeng and Gong-gil, are part of an entertainer troupe. Their manager prostitutes the beautiful Gong-gil to rich customers, and Jangsaeng is sickened by this practice. After Gong-gil kills the manager in defense of Jangsaeng, the pair flee to Seoul, where they form a new group with three other street performers.
Dog Days
Act like Min-sang
event2024 star_border 7.5
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Min-sang, a meticulous planner and tidy single man, is frustrated daily by his tenant, Jin-young, a veterinarian who turns his newly mortgaged building into a mess. During another quarrelsome day with Jin-young, Min-sang encounters an elderly lady at the animal hospital, who turns out to be the world-renowned architect Min-seo. Desperate for Min-seo's approval for an ongoing project, Min-sang starts to persuade Jin-young and her cared-for puppy to impress Min-seo. Meanwhile, Hyun, the leader of a small band, is left bewildered while looking after his absent girlfriend's dog, especially when her ex-boyfriend Daniel shows up unexpectedly, demanding to see the dog, claiming he used to raise it together and insisting on visiting the dog once a month...
The Truck
Act like Jeong Cheol-min
event2008 star_border 6.6
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Cheol-min makes a living by working in the shipping business. He has a daughter suffering from a heart condition, and in need of surgery. To save his daughter, he urgently needs the tremendous amount of 60,000,000 won. To make this money, he gets involved in dangerous illegal gambling and barely saves his life by promising he will take care of body disposal for the gang. On his way to Gangwon-do where he intends to dump the bodies, he encounters a police van that had been in an accident, and ends up giving the police officer a ride. Although this situation is tense, events take a turn for the worse.
Moss
Act like Kim Deok-cheon
event2010 star_border 6.9
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A city boy visits a remote village to find out the reason behind his father's strange death. The locals are watching his every move and are eager to see him leave. As he starts to investigate, the village's sinister secrets begin to unravel.
Kick the Moon
Act like Neop-chi
event2001 star_border 6
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Choi Ki-dong, who becomes a teacher, and Park Young-jun, who becomes a gang member, meet again after 10 years. To compete for Min Ju-ran, they start a fierce battle remembering their high school days, when the situation was completely different.
Exhuma
Act like Ko Young-geun
event2024 star_border 7.5
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After tracing the origin of a disturbing supernatural affliction to a wealthy family's ancestral gravesite, a team of paranormal experts relocates the remains—and soon discovers what happens to those who dare to mess with the wrong grave.
Life Is But a Dream
Act like Undertaker
event2022 star_border 5.6
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An undertaker digs up an abandoned grave to get wood to build a coffin for the savior of his village, but in doing so, he awakens the ghost of an ancient swordsman, and the ghost wants his coffin back.
Yadang: The Snitch
Act like Koo Gwan-hee
new_releases Release: April 23, 2025
Drug-criminals take advantage of commutation by passing over the insider’s information bought from ‘Ya-Dang’. Cops and prosecutors, on the other hand, make performances by using the information. There is a triangle in Korean drug-crime scene: police, prosecutors and the game changer, ‘Ya-Dang’.
Jail Breakers
Act like Zap-sae
event2002 star_border 6.4
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Two inmates break out of a prison only to discover afterwards that they are up for parole. Desperate to get their lives back on track, they realize their best move is to break back into the prison without being noticed.
The Spy
Act like Gangster
event1999 star_border 6
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A North Korean spy named Lee Chul-jin infiltrates the eastern coast of South Korea. His mission is to steal a Super Pig DNA sample which can be used to alleviate the famine in North Korea. On the way to meet his contact in Seoul, Chul-jin is robbed by gangsters posing as a taxi driver and passengers. Chul-jin finally meets fellow communists, Mr.OH and his family, and after many awkward situations and adventures.
Break Out
Act like (uncredited)
event2002 star_border 6.3
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How far would you go to recover a cigarette lighter? A pulsing mix of hard-hitting action, wry social commentary, and black humor, director Jang Hang Joon's Break Out takes a simple premise and spins it into a spiraling film experience. Penniless and slothful Bong Gu (Kim Seung Woo) loses his cheap lighter in the Seoul train station washroom, and it falls into the hands of gangster leader Chul Gon (Cha Seung Won). Bong Gu, determined to retrieve his lighter, follows Chul Gon to Pusan, but the task turns out to be a lot more difficult than he had imagined.
Desire To Kill
Act like Sang-up
event2010 star_border 6.4
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A post-traumatic stress disorder patient bound to his bed finds himself sharing his room with a gang looking for a paralyzed amnesia patient. And he must kill him off before he is recognized.
The Flu
Act like Bae Kyung-Ub
event2013 star_border 7.5
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A case of the flu quickly morphs into a pandemic. As the death toll mounts and the living panic, the government plans extreme measures to contain it.
Hi, Dharma 2: Showdown In Seoul
Act like Yong-dae
event2004 star_border 6
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Following the last wish of an old master, three monks head to Seoul to rest his remains in the Mushim Temple. However, they discover that the heavily indebted host monk has abandoned the temple and its inhabitants. The three monks make every effort to help the temple by promoting it to the public and raising funds through donations. But just when things begin to look much brighter, a team of four gangsters reach the temple indicating their need to reclaim it for an urban redevelopment project.
Honeysweet
Act like Cha Chi-ho
event2023 star_border 6
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Chi-ho, a genius confectionery researcher who has developed addictive flavors, experiences a sweet change when he meets Il-yeong, a call center worker at a loan screening company who thinks optimistically about everything, and goes through sweet changes.
The Spies
Act like Department Head Choi
event2012 star_border 7
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Kim, a North Korean spy, lives in South Korea for 22 years and is contacted unexpectedly by his superior. His team plans to complete an earlier mission and steal the target's large stockpile of cash.
Lee Dae-ro Can't Die
Act like Hankal
event2005 star_border 5.2
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Lee Dae-ro Can't Die (이대로, 죽을 순 없다, also known as Short Time) is a 2005 South Korean action film about a corrupt police officer who is told he has only three months to live, and plots his own death so his wife can collect his insurance policy.
Obsessed
Act like Lim
event2014 star_border 6.7
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A secret, passionate affair happens in the summer of 1969 between Colonel Jin Pyeong, trapped in a loveless marriage with Soo Jin, and Jong Ga Heun, the Chinese-Korean wife of Captain Kyung Woo Jin.
Mama
Act like Seung-chul
event2011 star_border 6
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A mother of a boy with muscular dystrophy is diagnosed with uterine cancer. A daughter of a prima donna decides to chase her dreams, to the ire of her mother. A woman with breast cancer asks her son to find her first love.
In Love and the War
Act like Jae-choon
event2011 star_border 7
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In June 1950, soon after the start of the Korean War, a troop of North Korean soldiers enter a small South Korean village. Captain Jeong-woong proclaims that they came to liberate the villagers but their true agenda is to ferret out the reactionaries. The villagers and Seol-hee, who is separated from her fiance on her wedding day, offer them heartfelt hospitality and cooperation to avoid falling out of the army's favor. Eventually friendships starts to build up between the soldiers and the villagers.
Small Town Rivals
Act like Noh Dae-gyu
event2007 star_border 6.8
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Cho Chun-sam and Noh Dae-gyu, now both in their thirties, are old friends who went to the same elementary school. In their school days, Chun-sam was always the ambitious class president, while Dae-gyu had to settle for a role as vice president. Twenty years later their roles are reversed: Chun-sam is now a humble farmer who has assumed the post of village chief in his hometown, while Dae-gyu is the newly elected county magistrate. At first, Chun-sam asks his old friend for favours regarding the development of his village, but these requests are turned down. Later, when Dae-gyu proposes building a nuclear waste disposal facility in the county, Chun-sam leads demonstrations against the plan, turning old friends into bitter rivals.
The Pirates
Act like Cheol-bong
event2014 star_border 7
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At the cusp of the founding of Joseon Dynasty, an envoy from China is delivering Emperor’s Ming’s Royal Seal. But nature in the form of a giant whale intervenes and swallows the royal seal. When a generous reward is offered to whomever can retrieve the royal seal from the belly of the whale, the race is on. A group of mountain bandits led by Jang Sa Jung and a group of pirates led by Yeo Wol go after the lost treasure, but who will get to to it first?
Tazza: The Hidden Card
Act like Ko Gwang-ryeol
event2014 star_border 7
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Dae-gil has been skilled with his hands and has shown a strong desire for winning ever since he was a child. He will succeed his uncle and jump into the world of Tazza, risking his life in competition.
Over the Border
Act like (uncredited)
event2006 star_border 6
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After learning that his grandfather is alive and living in Seoul, a North Korean musician must leave his fiancee behind and accompany his family to South Korea.
Once in a Summer
Act like PD Kim
event2006 star_border 6.9
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An assistant to a TV producer, eager to stay off his bad side, promises to convince her former professor, a famous but reclusive academic, to appear on their show, which helps locate long-lost persons. Who does grey-haired Professor Yun Suk-Young want to see again more than anything? The answer to that question lies decades in the past.
Veteran
Act like Choi Dae-woong
event2015 star_border 6.9
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When an old collaborator gets severely injured, a veteran policeman tries to figure out the way to bring to justice the ultimately suspected aggressor, a spoiled young executive, heir to a mega corporation, who believes he is above the law.
The Unfair
Act like Jang Dae-seok
event2015 star_border 7.3
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Residents, who are evicted from their homes in a designated urban renewal, demonstrate against their removal. The police arrive and attempt to end the demonstration. Death happen that lead to the bigger problem.
The Classified File
Act like Kim Joong-san
event2015 star_border 6.6
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A detective and a fortune teller join forces to find a kidnapped child whom no one expects to be alive. Based on a true story.
Fatal Intuition
Act like Pharmacist Min
event2015 star_border 5.6
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Desperate for revenge, a young man enlists the aid of a medium to help him track down his sister's killer.
Luck-Key
Act like Hyung-wook
event2016 star_border 7.1
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A reverse comedy that tells the story of a perfectionist assassin who falls and hits his head in a sauna, giving him amnesia. When a down-and-out actor switches locker keys with him, they switch lives until the hit-man, who soon becomes an action hero on TV, starts to remember things.
Confidential Assignment
Act like Kang Jin-tae
event2017 star_border 6.8
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When a crime organization from North Korea crosses borders and enters South Korean soil, a South Korean detective must cooperate with a North Korean detective to investigate their whereabouts.
A Taxi Driver
Act like Hwang Tae-sul
event2017 star_border 8.1
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May, 1980. Man-seob is a taxi driver in Seoul who lives from hand to mouth, raising his young daughter alone. One day, he hears that there is a foreigner who will pay big money for a drive down to Gwangju city. Not knowing that he’s a German journalist with a hidden agenda, Man-seob takes the job.
1987: When the Day Comes
Act like Han Byung-yong
event2017 star_border 8.1
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In 1987 Korea, under an oppressive military regime, a college student gets killed during a police interrogation involving torture. Government of officials are quick to cover up the death and order the body to be cremated. A prosecutor who is supposed to sign the cremation release, raises questions about a 21-year-old kid dying of a heart attack, and he begins looking into the case for truth. Despite a systematic attempt to silence everyone involved in the case, the truth gets out, causing an eruption of public outrage.
Mission Possible: Kidnapping Granny K
Act like Keun-yeong
event2007 star_border 5.5
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Mrs. KWON has spent lifetime building a small home-made soup business into an empire with her bare hands. Now a retiring millionaire, she’s distributed most of her wealth among her children and is enjoying her life as an independent, tech-savvy granny. A band of less-than-professional criminals kidnaps her in a hope to make an easy fortune but their naïve plan goes all wrong, when the family of their difficult hostage is reluctant to pay the modest ransom of 50,000 dollars. Infuriated by this, Mrs. KWON takes the matter into her own hands and leads the pack in making the biggest kidnap case in history. Will she and her kidnappers be able to get their hands on the 50 million dollar ransom?
Miss Conspirator
Act like Red Shoes
event2012 star_border 6.9
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A woman with a severe anxiety disorder stumbles into a 44 million dollars drug deal gone wrong. Suddenly the mafia, as well as the police, wants to get hold of her.
Blood Rain
Act like Dok-gi
event2005 star_border 7.1
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In 1808, an imperial investigator arrives on an idyllic island to investigate a series of grisly murders. The locals believe that a ghost is responsible, taking revenge for a wrongful execution seven years ago. But the investigator suspects that something else may be behind it all.
Love+Sling
Act like Gui-bo
event2018 star_border 6.5
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A former wrestler bonds with his son over the sport. But then the son's girlfriend falls in love with the father.
Intimate Strangers
Act like Tae-soo
event2018 star_border 7.2
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A group of people meet for the first time in a long time and play a game that reveals each other's secrets.
MAL·MO·E: The Secret Mission
Act like Kim Pan-su
event2019 star_border 7.8
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During the Japanese occupation of Korea, the Japanese Empire seeks to eradicate the Korean language and identity. In retaliation, a small group of Korean patriots try to protect their language by compiling the first Korean language dictionary.
The Battle: Roar to Victory
Act like Hwang Hae-chul
event2019 star_border 7.3
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Over a 4 day period, a fierce battle takes place between Korean independence militias and imperialist Japanese forces in Manchuria, China. The militia includes a master swordsman and an expert marksman.
Space Sweepers
Act like Bubs (voice)
event2021 star_border 7.1
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When the crew of a space junk collector ship called The Victory discovers a humanoid robot named Dorothy that's known to be a weapon of mass destruction, they get involved in a risky business deal which puts their lives at stake.
Blackjack
Act like Dump 1
event1997 star_border 4.5
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Three people are caught in a deadly game of greed, lust, and murder.
Attack the Gas Station!
Act like Gangri Gang Leader
event1999 star_border 6.6
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A quartet of disaffected Korean youths have robbed a Seoul gas station. After taking the gas station over, their wacky antics ensue; forcing the manager to sing, kidnapping customers that complain about the service, and staging fist-fights between street gang members and gas station employees; all of these reflect their own gripes against society.
A Little Pond
Act like Refugee
event2010 star_border 6.3
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The Korean war does not start well for the US. They are being routed by the North Koreans and In July 1950, the early stage of the Korean War, at the Jugok Village in the middle of the Korean Peninsula, Chang-yee and his friends grow excited over the amateur singing contest knowing nothing about what is going on around them. At the time, the US Army keeps losing and are pushed back to the village, evacuating all villagers to head south. The villagers took refuge like going on a picnic believing that the US Army is protecting them, they just follow their orders moving south bound.
My Son
Act like Neighbor (voice) (uncredited)
event2007 star_border 6.2
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Lee Gang-sik sits in jail with a life sentence because of murder. His good behavior the last 15 years earns him the opportunity to be released for one day & visit his family. But how will his son, whom he let down for 15 years, react?
The Coast Guard
Act like Cheol-gu
event2002 star_border 6.3
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A member of Coast Guard Platoon 23, Private Kang monitors a high-infiltration stretch of beach lined with barbed-wire fencing. Driven by the belief that killing a spy is the highest honor, he waits for a chance to prove his worth.
Confidential Assignment 2: International
Act like Kang Jin-tae
event2022 star_border 7.1
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Follows Rim Chul Ryung heading back to South Korea in pursuit of a brutal and secret criminal organization. He teams up again with Kang Jin Tae, who volunteers to work with the North Korean in order to get back on the investigation team after a mistake landed him in the cyber crime department.
Still Life
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Remake of the British-Italian movie "Still Life" [2013]
Mapado
Act like Fisherman
event2005 star_border 6.2
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A gangster and a corrupt police officer travel to the tiny remote island of Mapado to hunt down a young woman who has run off with a winning lottery ticket. Upon arriving, they discover that no one lives there except for five old women who have not once seen a man for 20 years. Both men soon experience a nightmare of hard labor and harassment.
The Night Owl
Act like King Injo
event2022 star_border 7.4
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A period drama film, depicting Joseon Dynasty in Korea. Kyoung-su is a skilled acupuncturist but a blind who can only see a little at dark. Right after Kyoung-su joins King Injo’s medical team, the prince comes back after 7 years of living in Chung dynasty. Due to a long journey coming back, the prince becomes ill, and the king’s doctor brings Kyoung-su to heal him. But while Kyoung-su is doing his work, he finds out the king’s hidden secret which might change everything that the king owns. Could Kyoung-su be able to save everyone and himself?
2 Days and 1 Night
Act like Self (89 ep.)
event2007 star_border 7.4
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2 Days & 1 Night is a South Korean reality-variety show with the motto "real wild road variety." Its main concept is to recommend various places of interest that viewers can visit in South Korea.
The Land
Act like Kim Pyeong-san / Kim Doo-soo (Kim Geo-bok) (52 ep.)
event2004
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When she was 5 years old, Seo Hee's mother ran off with one of their servants and she was left with her father, who had never been kind to her.
Running Man
Act like Self (2 ep.)
event2010 star_border 8.3
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A reality and competition show where members are joined by celebs to complete a weekly mission to win the race with Seoul as the beautiful backdrop.
Three Meals a Day: Jeongseon Village
Act like Self (2 ep.)
event2014 star_border 6.7
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Celebrities are chosen to live for three days a week in a rural setting. They are required to use their own means to find food for and prepare three meals a day.
Three Meals a Day: Fishing Village
Act like Self (31 ep.)
event2015 star_border 8.1
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Celebrities live in a rural fishing village. They must catch food for and prepare three meals a day.
Three Meals a Day: Gochang Village
Act like Himself (12 ep.)
event2016 star_border 8.8
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South Korean celebrities gather to live in rural Gochang Village. With the theme "self-sustaining organic life," they must find their own food and prepare three meals a day.
Europe Outside Your Tent
Act like Self (19 ep.)
event2022 star_border 8.7
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Yoo Hae-jin for 'Three Meals a Day: Fishing Village' demonstrates his hidden aspects as a camping master introducing to the audience a new paradigm of traveling Europe. Along with Jin Seon-kyu, Park Ji-hwan, and Yoon Kyun-sang, the four brothers travel Europe as the wheels roll.
The Game Caterers
Act like Self (2 ep.)
event2021 star_border 8.8
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A webseries where Na Young Seok, a variety show producer, caters people his iconic games from 'New Journey to the West'.
Korean Hostel In Spain
Act like Himself (11 ep.)
event2019 star_border 8.3
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Cha Seung-won and Yoo Hae-jin reunite to run a travel lodge in Europe! The two show their chemistry as they serve warm meals and memories to passing Korean travelers.
You Quiz On The Block
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event2018 star_border 7.7
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Yoo Jae-suk and Jo Se-ho who enter ordinary people's everyday lives, chat with them, and give them surprise quizzes! The talk and quiz show program will spotlight these people's lives and aims to gift them a refreshing, different kind of day. Recently they're also inviting celebrities & professionals to the show.
Humanimal
Act like Himself (5 ep.)
event2020 star_border 10
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A five-part docuseries that focuses on wild animals, humans that hunt them for fun and money, and activists who try to protect the animals. Three actors are here as presenters to deliver the messages about the struggles and love of humans toward the wild animals in 11 countries including Botswana, Zimbabwe, the Republic of South Africa, and America.
Three Meals a Day Light
Act like Self (10 ep.)
event2024 star_border 7
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"Three Meals a Day Light" is ready to enjoy its 10th anniversary more fully.
GBRB Spinoff: Cafeteria Operation
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event2025 star_border 8.5
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A spin-off of the hit variety show "GBRB: Reap What You Sow," "Cafeteria Operation" follows Doh Kyung-Soo and Lee Kwang-Soo's comedic journey as they take on the challenge of running a cafeteria
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